Doll head



Nov. 4, 1941.

DOLL HEAD Filed Jan. 25, 1941 INVENTOR. Fawn/"0 6. 5041/77. Ai '1ATTURNEY.

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B. H. BAUM 2,261,328

Patented Nov. 4, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE?- DOLL HEAD p BernardH. Baum, New York, 1v; Y. Application January 23, 1941, Serial No.375,579

3 Claims. (Cl.46--164)1 This invention relates to doll heads and moreparticularly to the ear construction thereof, and has for'one of itsobjects th provision of an ear for a doll which has all of theattributes of a natural ear.

Another object of the invention is the provision of such an ear which ispreferably made of substantially soft rubber, the said ear beingprovided with a preferably elongated protuberance adapted to passthrough an elongated slot in the head to prevent rotation of the ear inthe said head, and an enlarged flange on the said protuberance toprevent the ear from being accidentally pulled out of place.

A further object of the invention is to provide the head of the doll atthe protuberance receiving slot with the tragus portion of th ear, tonot only give the ear a natural appearance, but to aid in preventingunwarranted pulling out of the ear from the slot.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of such an ear,which when worn out due to excessive pulling thereof by the child, orfor any other reason, becomes torn or broken, the sam may be replacedwithout having to substitute a new head for the doll.

Another object is to produce a device of the character described inwhich the maximum simplicity of construction and operation is secured.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of theimprovements is better understood, the invention consistingsubstantially in th novel arrangement and co-relation of parts hereinfully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, whereinsimilar reference characters are used to describe corresponding partsthroughout the several views, and then finally pointed out andspecifically defined and indicated in the appended claims.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventiveconcept suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention isnot to be restricted to-the exact details of this disclosure, and thelatter, therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather thana restrictive standpoint.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a side elevation partly brokenaway of a doll-head showing my improved ear as applied thereto;

Fig. 2. is a fragmental side view of the dollhead showing the earreceiving slot, and the position of the tragus portion of the ear withrespect to said slot;

Fig.' 3 is a fragmental sectional view taken on line 33, Fig. 1; :1.-Fig. 4 is a fragmental sectionalview taken online',4,4, Fig. 1; Fig.5 isa perspective view ofthe" earlookingfrom the rear thereof; a i Y I rFig. 6 is a fragmental side view of the'doll head partly in sectionshowing a modified form of 'eari receiving' slot and ear protuberanceassociated;

therewith, and

Fig. '7 is a side elevational view of the modified ear.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 5 of the drawing in detail I0 indicates ahollow doll head preferably made of a hard material. the head there isprovided an elongated slot II for the reception of an elongatedprotuberance I2 of a substantially soft rubber ear l3. A flange 14 onthe said protuberance acts to prevent the ear from being accidentallypulled out of the opening H. In order to give to the ear an entirelynatural appearance and to further provide means for normally maintainingsame in the slot ll against accidental displacement, the tragus' portionI5 is formed integral with the head 10 and projects into the slot II soas to overlie a depressed portion I6 of the said ear. While I have shownbut one ear in the drawings, it is to be understood that two such earsare used with every doll-head.

The ears may be attached to the head by first inserting either the helixH or lobe l8 of said ear into the slots II from the interior of thehollow head and pulling same outwardly through the slots until theflanges l4 are in abutment with the doll-head material. It is to beunderstood that the dimensions of the protuberances I2 on the ears aresomewhat larger than the dimensions of the slots ll so that the ears areat all times maintained in the said slots under tension.

In Figs. 6 and '7 I have shown a modified form of my invention wherein,instead of the elongated protuberance or extension I2, the ear l3a isshown as provided with a cylindrical extension IZa, having one or moreradiating ribs l9 which fit into a correspondingly shaped opening I la.A circular flange 20 at the end thereof prevents the ear from beingaccidentally pulled out of place.

It will be seen that in both forms of the invention, in the first formdue to the elongated slot and protuberance, and in the second form tothe ribbed extension, the ears are maintained in place against rotarymovement in the head.

While I have provided means to prevent any On each side of V

